| [...] | Left-click a button | [File/Close] appears in most X applications.  
                        [OK] appears in most Windows dialogs | 
| [[...]] | Double-left click a button | [[My Computer]] displays the devices of a Windows systems | 
| {...} | Right-click a button | {My Computer\Properties} displays the configuration of a Windows system | 
| ...\... (or) .../... | Walk a hierarchy in a menu or filesystem | linux uses / to delimit elements in hierarchies. Windows uses \ to delimit element in hierarchies. | 
| bash> .. | Enter instructions into a bash-style shell | bash> uname -a  (returns linux kernel version information) | 
| A:\> ... (or) C:\> ... | Enter instruction into a dos shell | | [Start\Run...] Open: command [OK]  
C:\> ver  
(returns Windows version information) | 
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| <...> | replace with indicated value | Enter First Name: <your first name> |